hf = 762.81 kJ/kg hfg = 2015.

3 kJ/kg
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A. 644.40 kJ/kg
the Series
B. 774.40 kJ/kg
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C. 785.92 kJ/kg
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.
D. 435.29 kJ/kg
51. Steam at 2 MPa and 250°C in a rigid cylinder is cooled until the
quality is 30%. Find the heat rejected from the cylinder. View Answer:

@ 2 Mpa and 250°C: υ = 0.11144 m /kg u = 2679.6 kJ/kg

3
Answer: Option C

@ 2 Mpa, (saturated): υf = 0.0011767 m /kg υg = 0.09963 m /kg

3 3
Explanation:

uf = 906.44kJ/kg ug = 1693.8 kJ/kg 55. Water substance at 70 bar and 65°C enters a boiler tube of
constant inside diameter of 25 mm. The water leaves the boiler tube at
A. -423.23 kJ/kg 50 bar and 700 K at velocity of 150 m/s. Calculate the inlet velocity
(m/s).
B. -926.26 kJ/kg
From steam tables:
C. -1265.02 kJ/kg
@ 70 bar (7 Mpa) and 65°C:                         υ1 = 0.001017 m /kg 3

D. 1082.34 kJ/kg
@ 50 bar (5 Mpa) and 700 K (427°C):        υ2 = 0.06081 m /kg 3

View Answer:
A. 1.56
Answer: Option C
B. 2.51
Explanation:
C. 1.672
52. At 1.3 MPa, a mixture of steam and water has an entropy of 3
kJ/kg-K, Find the enthalpy of the mixture. D. 3.230

@ 1.3MPa: sf = 2.2515 kJ/kg-K sg = 6.4952 kJ/kg-K View Answer:

hf = 814.93 kJ/kg hfg = 1972.7 kJ/kg Answer: Option B

A. 1627.71 kJ/kg Explanation:

B. 1533.33 kJ/kg 56. Water substance at 70 bar and 65°C enters a boiler tube of
constant inside diameter of 35 mm. The water leaves the boiler tube at
C. 1234.45 kJ/kg 50 bar and 700 K at velocity of 150 m/s. Calculate the inlet volume
flow (liters/s).
D. 1162.40 kJ/kg
From steam tables:
View Answer:
@ 70 bar (7 Mpa) and 65°C:                       υ1 = 0.001017 m /kg3

Answer: Option D
@ 50 bar (5 Mpa) and 700 K (427°C):     υ2 = 0.06081 m /kg 3

Explanation:
A. 0.821
53. A mixture with 70% quality at 500 kPa is heated isothermally until
its pressure is 300 kPa. Find the heat added during the process. B. 1.261

@ 600 kPa:                              sf = 1.8607 kJ/kg-K sfg = 4.9606 C. 0.344

kJ/kg-K
D. 1.609
@ 300 kPa and 151.86°C:      s = 7.0888 kJ/kg-K
View Answer:
A. 745.92 kJ/kg
Answer: Option D
B. 535.16 kJ/kg
Explanation:
C. 982.44 kJ/kg
57. Steam leaves an industrial boiler at 827.4 kPa and 171.6°C. A
D. 765.34 kJ/kg portion of the steam is passed through a throttling calorimeter and is
exhausted to the atmosphere when the calorimeter pressure is 101.4
View Answer: kPa. How much moisture is leaving the boiler container if the
temperature of the steam at the calorimeter is 115.6°C?
Answer: Option A
@ 827.4 kPa and 171.6°C:       hf = 727.25 kJ/kg hfg = 2043.2 kJ/kg
Explanation:
@ 101.4 kPa and 115.6°C:        h2 = 2707.6 kJ/kg
54. A tank contains exactly one kilogram of water consisting of liquid
and vapor in equilibrium at 1 MPa. If the liquid contains one-third and A. 3.78%
the remaining is vapor of the volume of the tank, what is the enthalpy
of the contents of the tank? B. 3.08%

@ 1MPa:          υf = 0.0011273 m /kg υfg = 0.19444 m /kg

3 3
C. 4.56%
D. 2.34% D. P27,127.76

View Answer: View Answer:

Answer: Option B Answer: Option D

Explanation: Explanation:

58. A throttling calorimeter is connected to a desuperheated steam 62. A cylindrical tank 4 m long and 3 m diameter is used for oil
line supplying steam to the auxiliary feed pump on a ship. The line storage. How many days can the tank supply the engine having
pressure measures 2.5 MPa. The calorimeter pressure is 110 kPa at 27°API with fuel consumption of 60 kg/hr?
150°C. Determine the entropy of the steam line.
A. 17.53
@ 110 kPa and 150°C:          h2 = 2775.6 kJ/kg
B. 5.84
@ 2.5 MPa:                            hf = 962.11 kJ/kg hfg = 1841 kJ/kg
C. 12.84
sf = 2.5547 kJ/kg-K sfg = 3.7028 kJ/kg-K
D. 19.84
A. 6.8 kJ/kg-K
View Answer:
B. 6.2 kJ/kg-K
Answer: Option A
C. 6.6 kJ/kg-K
Explanation:
D. 7.5 kJ/kg-K
63. A logging firm in Isabella operates a Diesel Electric Plant to supply
View Answer: its electric energy requirements. During a 2 hour period, the plant
consumed 250 gallons of fuel at 80°F and produced 2900 kW-hrs.
Answer: Option B Industrial fuel is used at 30°API and was purchased at P30/li at 60°F.
Determine the overall thermal efficiency of the plant.
Explanation:
A. 26.08%
59. Atmospheric pressure boils at 212°F. At the vacuum pressure at
24 in Hg, the temperature is 142°F. Find the boiling temperature when B. 34.23%
the pressure is increased by 40 psia from atmospheric.
C. 28.00%
A. 449.42°F
D. 18.46%
B. 536.34°F
View Answer:
C. 479.13°F
Answer: Option C
D. 263.45°F
Explanation:
View Answer:
64. The dry exhaust gas from the oil engine has the following
Answer: Option A gravimetric analysis:

Explanation: CO  = 21.6%    O  = 4.2%   N = 74.2%

2 2

60. A certain coal has the following ultimate analysis: Specific heats at constant pressure for each component of the exhaust
gas in kCal/kg-°C are:
C = 69%    N2 = 5%    H = 2.5%    S =7%
CO  = 0.203    O  = 0.219   N = 0.248
2 2

Determine the amount of oxygen if the heating value of fuel is

26,961.45 kJ/kg. Calculate the specific gravity if the molecular weight of air is 28.97
kg/kg-mol.
A. 1.5%
A. 0.981
B. 2.5%
B. 1.244
C. 3.5%
C. 1.055
D. 4.5%
D. 0.542
View Answer:
View Answer:
Answer: Option C
Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Explanation:
61. A diesel engine consumed 945 liters of fuel per day at 35°C. If the
fuel was purchased at 15.6°C and 30°API at P29.00/li. Determine the 65. A bituminous coal has the following composition:
cost of fuel to operate the engine per day.
C = 71.5%   H = 5.0%   O = 7.0%   N = 1.3%   S = 3%   Ash =
A. P5,677.50 7.6%   W = 3.4%

B. P4,677.50 Determine the theoretical weight of Nitrogen in lb./lb. of coal.

C. P48,088.90 A. 2.870
B. 7.526 Steam properties:

C. 2.274 @ 5 MPa and 400°C:    h = 3195.7 kJ/kg

D. 6.233 @ 5 MPa:                        hf = 1154.23 kJ/kg hfg = 1640.1 kJ/kg

View Answer: @ 205°C:                        hf = 875.04 kJ/kg

Answer: Option B @ At 145°C:                   hf = 610.63 kJ/kg

Explanation: A. 65.72

66. A gaseous fuel mixture has a molal analysis: B. 80.67

H  = 14%   CH  = 3%   CO = 27%   O  = 0.6%   CO  = 4.5%   N  =

2 4 2 2 2 C. 88.28
50.9%
D. 78.82
Determine the air-fuel ratio for complete combustion on molal basis.
View Answer:
A. 2.130
Answer: Option B
B. 3.230
Explanation:
C. 1.233
70. In a Rankine cycle steam enters the turbine at 2.5 MPa (enthalpies
D. 1.130 & entropies given) and condenser of 50 kPa (properties given), what is
the thermal efficiency of the cycle?
View Answer:
@ 2.5 MPa:          hg = 2803.1 kJ/kg               sg = 6.2575 kJ/kg-K
Answer: Option C
@ 50 kPa:              sf = 1.0910 kJ/kg-K         sfg = 6.5029 kJ/kg-K
Explanation:
hf = 340.49 kJ/kg            hfg = 2305.4 kJ/kg
67. A volumetric analysis of a gas mixture is a follows:
υf = 0.00103 m /kg
3

CO : 12%   O : 4%   N : 80%   CO: 4%

2 2 2

A. 25.55%
What percentage of CO2 on a mass basis?
B. 45.23%
A. 17.55%
C. 34.23%
B. 15.55%
D. 12.34%
C. 12.73%
View Answer:
D. 19.73%
Answer: Option A
View Answer:
Explanation:
Answer: Option A
71. A thermal power plant generates 5 MW and the heat generated by
Explanation: fuel is 13,000 kJ/s. If the thermal efficiency is 36.15%, find the power
needed for the auxiliaries.
68. The following coal has the following ultimate analysis by weight:
A. 310 kW
C = 70.5%   H  = 4.5%   O  = 6.0%   N  = 1.0%   S = 3.0%   Ash =
2 2 2

11%    Moisture = 4% B. 300 kW

A stocker fired boiler of 195,000 kg/hr. steaming capacity uses this C. 400 kW
coal as fuel. Calculate volume of air in m /hr. with air at 60°F and 14.7
3

air pressure if the boiler efficiency is 70% and FE = 1.10. D. 350 kW

A. 234,019 m /hr. 3
View Answer:

B. 215,830 m /hr. 3
Answer: Option B

C. 213,830 m /hr. 3
Explanation:

D. 264,830 m /hr. 3
72. A superheat steam Rankine cycle has turbine inlet conditions of
17.5 MPa and 530°C expands in a turbine to 0.007 MPa. The turbine
View Answer: and pump polytropic efficiencies are 0.85 and 0.75 respectively.
Pressure losses between the pump and turbine inlet are 1.5 MPa. What
Answer: Option A should be the pump work in kJ/kg?

Explanation: A. 17.34

69. 23.5 kg of steam per second at 5 MPa and 400°C is produced by a B. 27.32
steam generator. The feedwater enters the economizer at 145°C and
leaves at 205°C. The steam leaves the boiler drum with a quality of C. 25.32
98%. The unit consumes 3 kg of coal per second as received having
value of 25,102 kJ/kg. What would be the overall efficiency of the unit D. 47.33
in percent?
View Answer: 76. A heat exchanger was installed purposely to cool 0.50 kg of gas
per second. Molecular weight is 32 and k = 1.32. The gas is cooled
Answer: Option C from 150°C to 80°C. Water is available at the rate of 0.30 kg/s and at
a temperature of 15°C. Calculate the exit temperature of the water in
Explanation: °C.

73. In an open feedwater heater for a steam plant, saturated steam at A. 44.86
7 bar is mixed with subcooled liquid at 7 bar and 25°C. Just enough
steam is supplied to ensure that the mixed steam leaving the heater B. 42.86
will be saturated liquid at 7 bar when heater efficiency is 95%.
Calculate the mass flow rate of the subcooled liquid if steam flow rate C. 46.45
is 0.865 kg/s.
D. 40.34
Steam properties:
View Answer:
@ 7 bar, saturated vapor:         hg = 2763.5 kJ/kg
Answer: Option A
@ 7 bar and 25°C:                      hf = 105.5 kJ/kg
Explanation:
@ 7 bar, saturated liquid:        hf = 697.22 kJ/kg
77. A 350 mm x 450 mm steam engine running at 280 rpm has a
A. 2.725 kg/s clearance steam condition of 2 MPa and 230°C and exits at 0.1 MPa.
The steam consumption is 2000 kg/hr and mechanical efficiency is
B. 3.356 kg/s 85%. If indicated mean effective pressure is 600 kPa, determine brake
thermal efficiency.
C. 2.869 kg/s
@ 2 MPa and 230°C:             h1 = 2849.6 kJ/kg              s1 = 6.4423
D. 3.948 kg/s kJ/kg-K

View Answer: @ 0.1 MPa:                              sf = 1.3026 kJ/kg-K           hf =

417.46kJ/kg sfg = 6.0568 kJ/kg-K
Answer: Option C
hfg = 2258 kJ/kg                 hf2 = 417.46 kJ/kg
Explanation:
A. 23.34%
74. A steam condenser receives 10 kg/s of steam with an enthalpy of
2770 kJ/kg. Steam condenses and leaves with an enthalpy of 160 B. 15.25%
kJ/kg. Cooling water passes through the condenser with temperature
increases from 13°C to 24°C. Calculate the water flow rate in kg/s. C. 14.16%

A. 583 D. 27.34%

B. 567 View Answer:

C. 523 Answer: Option B

D. 528 Explanation:

View Answer: 78. A steam turbine receives 5,000 kg/hr. of steam at 5 MPa and
400°C and velocity of 30 m/s. It leaves the turbine at 0.006 MPa and
Answer: Option B 85% quality and velocity of 15 m/s. Radiation loss is 10,000 kJ/hr.
Find the kW developed.
Explanation:
@5 MPa and 400°C:               h1 = 3195.7 kJ/kg       s1 = 6.6459
75. Steam expands adiabatically in a turbine from 2000 kPa, 400°C to kJ/kg-K
400 kPa, 250°C. What is the effectiveness of the process in percent
assuming an atmospheric pressure of 18°C? Neglect changes in kinetic @ 0.006 Mpa:                          hf = 151.53 kJ/kg       hfg = 2415.9
and potential energy. kJ/kg

Steam properties: A. 1273.29

@ 2000 kPa and 400°C:             h = 3247.6 kJ/kg            s = B. 2173.29

7.1271kJ/kg-K
C. 1373.60
@ 400 kPa and 250°C:                h = 2964.2 kJ/kg            s = 7.3789
kJ/kg-K D. 7231.29

A. 82 View Answer:

B. 84 Answer: Option C

C. 79.60 Explanation:

D. 79.46 79. A steam turbine with 85% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 MPa
and 550°C and exhausts at 20 kPa. Determine the turbine work.
View Answer:
@ 7 MPa and 550°C:               h1 = 3530.9 kJ/kg           s1 = 6.9486
Answer: Option D kJ/kg-K

Explanation: @ 20 kPa (0.020 MPa):         sf = 0.8320 kJ/kg-K        hf = 251.40

kJ/kg
sfg = 7.0766 kJ/kg-K        hfg = 2358.3 kJ/kg View Answer:

A. 1,117 kJ/kg Answer: Option A

B. 1,132 kJ/kg Explanation:

C. 1,123.34 kJ/kg 83. An engine-generator rated 9000 kVA at 80% power factor, 3
phase, 4160 V has an efficiency of 90%. If the overall plant efficiency
D. 1,054.95 kJ/kg is 28%, what is the heat generated by the fuel?

View Answer: A. 18,800 kW

Answer: Option D B. 28,800 kW

Explanation: C. 7,500 kW

80. A steam turbine with 80% stage efficiency receives steam at 7 MPa D. 25,714 kW
and 550°C and exhausts at 20 kPa. Determine the quality at exhaust.
View Answer:
@ 7 MPa and 550°C:            h1 = 3530.9 kJ/kg                s1 = 6.9486
kJ/kg-K Answer: Option D

@ 20 kPa (0.020 MPa):       sf = 0.8320 kJ/kg-K            hf = 251.40 Explanation:

kJ/kg
84. The indicated thermal efficiency of a two stroke diesel engine is
sfg = 7.0766 kJ/kg-K            hfg = 2358.3 kJ/kg 60%. If friction power is 15% of heat generated, determine the brake
thermal efficiency of the engine.
A. 96.96%
A. 43%
B. 76.34%
B. 45%
C. 82.34%
C. 36%
D. 91.69%
D. 37%
View Answer:
View Answer:
Answer: Option A
Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Explanation:
81. An 18,000 kW geothermal plant has a generator efficiency of 90%
and 80% respectively. If the quality after throttling is 20% and each 85. A 305 mm x 457 mm four stroke single acting diesel engine is
well discharges 400,000 kg/hr, determine the number of wells rated at 150 kW at 260 rpm. Fuel consumption at rated load is 0.56
required to produce if the change of enthalpy at entrance and exit of kg/kW-hr with a heating value of 43,912 kJ/kg. Calculate the break
turbine is 500 kJ/kg. thermal efficiency.

A. 4 wells A. 10.53%

B. 2 wells B. 27.45%

C. 6 wells C. 14.64%

D. 8 wells D. 18.23%

View Answer: View Answer:

Answer: Option B Answer: Option C

Explanation: Explanation:

82. A liquid dominated geothermal plant with a single flash separator
receives water at 204°C. The separator pressure is 1.04 MPa. A direct
contact condenser operates at 0.034 MPa. The turbine has a polytropic
efficiency of 0.75. For cycle output of 60 MW, what is the mass flow
rate of the well water in kg/s?
@ 204°C:            hf = 870.51 kJ/kg
@ 1.04 MPa:      hf = 770.38 kJ/kg   hfg = 2009.2 kJ/kg   hg = 2779.6
kJ/kg         sg = 6.5729 kJ/kg-K
86. A waste heat recovery boiler produces 4.8 MPa (dry saturated)
steam from 104°C feedwater. The boiler receives energy from 7 kg/s
of 954°C dry air. After passing through a waste heat boiler, the
temperature of the air has been reduced to 343°C. How much steam
in kg is produced per second? Note: @ 4.80 MPa dry saturated, h =
2796 kJ/kg.
A. 1.30
B. 0.92

@ 0.034 MPa:  hf = 301.40 kJ/kg   hfg = 2328.8 kJ/kg   sf = 0.09793 C. 1.81

kJ/kg-K   sfg = 6.7463 kJ/kg-K
D. 3.43
A. 2,933
View Answer:
B. 2,100
Answer: Option C
C. 1,860
Explanation:
D. 2,444
87. A diesel electric power plant supplies energy for Meralco. During a B. 40.72 m
24-hour period, the plant consumed 240 gallons of fuel at 28°C and
produced 3930 kW-hr. Industrial fuel used is 28°API and was C. 36.22 m
purchased at P30 per liter at 15.6°C. What is the cost of fuel to
produce one kW-hr? D. 34.72 m

A. P6.87 View Answer:

B. P1.10 Answer: Option C

C. P41.07 Explanation:

D. P5.00 92. A Pelton type turbine has 25 m head friction loss of 4.5 m. The
coefficient of friction head loss (Morse) is 0.00093 and penstock length
View Answer: of 80 m. What is the penstock diameter?

Answer: Option A A. 1,355.73 mm

Explanation: B. 3476.12 mm

88. In a gas unit, air enters the combustion chamber at 550 kPa, C. 6771.23 mm
227°C and 43 m/s. The products of combustion leave the combustor at
511 kPa, 1004°C and 180 m/s. Liquid fuel enters with a heating value D. 1686.73 mm
of 43,000 kJ/kg. For fuel-air ratio of 0.0229, what is the combustor
efficiency in percent? View Answer:

A. 70.38% Answer: Option A

B. 79.38% Explanation:

C. 75.38% 93. In a 9,000 kW hydro-electric plant, the overall efficiency is 88%

and the actual power received by the costumer is 110,000 kW-hrs for
D. 82.38% that day. What is the secondary power that this plant could deliver
during the entire day?
View Answer:
A. 58,960 kW-hrs.
Answer: Option C
B. 80,080 kW-hrs.
Explanation:
C. 65,960 kW-hrs.
89. The specific speed of turbine is 85 rpm and running at 450 rpm. If
the head is 20 m and generator efficiency is 90%, what is the D. 70,960 kW-hrs.
maximum power delivered by the generator?
View Answer:
A. 450.51 kW
Answer: Option B
B. 354.52 kW
Explanation:
C. 650.53 kW
94. A Pelton type turbine was installed 30 m below the head gate of
D. 835.57 kW the penstock. The head loss due to friction is 12 percent of the given
elevation. The length of the penstock is 100 m and the coefficient of
View Answer: friction is 0.00093. Determine the power output in kW. (Use Morse
equation).
Answer: Option D
A. 22,273
Explanation:
B. 23,234
90. In Francis turbine, the pressure gage leading to the turbine casing
reads 380 kPa. The velocity of water entering the turbine is 8 m/s. If C. 32,345
net head of the turbine is 45 m, find the distance from the center of
the spiral casing to the tailrace. D. 34,452

A. 3.0 m View Answer:

B. 3.5 m Answer: Option D

C. 4.0 m Explanation:

D. 4.5 m 95. Water flows steadily with a velocity of 3.05 m/s in a horizontal
pipe having a diameter of 25.24 cm. At one section of the pipe, the
View Answer: temperature and pressure of the water are 21°C and 689.3 kPa
respectively. At a distance of 304.8 m downstream, the pressure is
Answer: Option A 516.9 kPa. What is the friction factor?

Explanation: A. 0.134

91. A turbine has a mechanical efficiency of 93%, volumetric efficiency B. 0.0050

of 95% and total efficiency of 82%. If the effective head is 40 m, find
the total head. C. 0.0307

A. 48.72 m D. 0.641
View Answer: 100. A foundation measures 12 ft. x 14 ft. x 16 ft. Find the number of
sacks of cement needed for a 1:2:4 mixture.
Answer: Option C
A. 302
Explanation:
B. 404
96. A hydro-electric plant having 30 sq. km reservoir area and 100 m
head is used to generate power. The energy utilized by the consumers C. 356
whose load is connected to the power plant during a five-hour period is
13.5 x 10  kWh. The overall generation efficiency is 75%. Find the fall
6
D. 598
in the height of water in the reservoir after the 5-hour period.
View Answer:
A. 5.13 m
Answer: Option D
B. 1.32 m
Explanation:
C. 3.21 m

D. 2.20 m

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

97. The gas density of chimney is 0.75 kg/m  and air density of 1.15
3

kg/m . Find the driving pressure if the height of the chimney is 63.71
3

m.

A. 0.15 kPa

B. 0.25 kPa

C. 0.35 kPa

D. 0.45 kPa

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

98. The actual velocity of gas entering in a chimney is 8 m/s. The gas
temperature is 25°C with a gas constant of 0.287 kJ/kg-K. Determine
the gas pressure for a mass of a gas is 50,000 kg/hr. and chimney
diameter of 1.39 m.

A. 95 kPa

B. 98 kPa

C. 101 kPa

D. 92 kPa

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Explanation:

99. A steam generator with economizer and air heater has an overall
draft loss of 25.78 cm of water. If the stack gases are at 177°C and if
the atmosphere is at 101.3 kPa and 26°C, what theoretical height of
stack in meters is needed when no draft fan is used? Assume that the
gas constant for the flue gases is the same as that for air.

A. 611.10

B. 631.10

C. 651.10

D. 671.10

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Explanation: